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Thank you … I appreciate your quick reply. As well as the registration code. I am an avid user of MusicMan (mirethMusic) and when I couldn’t anymore I freaked out. … Thanks Again, and have a blessed day.

Hello! I have downloaded and am currently trying out the demo of iVCD. I’m delighted with how easy it is to use, yet how fully featured it is as well.

Jon M.

You people are amazing — you have the best customer support on the planet! But I’m sure you’ve heard it all before.

Anna P.

[MacVCD] You guys are so cool. We lost power to our house for 4 days due to the ice storm last week. I used my Titanium powerbook to play back the backlog of VCDs recorded with my Terapin VCD recorder. It was 35 degrees in the house, and we had no hot water, but we were able to entertain our neighbors and friends. Thanks for your quick response.

Hal

I am impressed beyond words of your support for iVcd. Mireth is a good company and I would encourage anyone to buy any product you made because of your dedication to supporting your client….Mireth is an excellent company and iVcd is great for anyone needs simplicity and streamlined one-step process in video.

Travis J.

Yeah!!! Beautiful! (ShredIt X)
You guys actually listen and then act. I haven’t seen that in ages. …PS: The reason I pay so much attention to clarity is that I write math textbooks.

L Jagerman

If the computer you’re going to eighty-six still works, donate it. Wipe the hard drive clean (ShredIt can do that for you; $20; Mireth.com). Article: “How to Recycle Anything?” [Read More]

Let me congratulate you on getting this program right! I have tried several other options (free and not free) and keep coming back to MacVCD for the simple reason that the interface is the most easy to work with.

Download a third-party software such ShredIt X of Mireth Technologies down (converted 20 euros for download full version or as a free demo). The “shreds” your files instead of overwriting them multiple times and also deletes your local hard disks, network hard disks and CD-RWs. ShredIt X there are also true for Windows . read more

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[ShredIt] It is so rare that a software company provides such an informative and direct response as yours. I truly appreciate your quick and factual response. Cudos! … I now feel quite confident, after reading your reply, that my $19.95 investment was well spent! … Thank you for your support and information. More appropriately, “thank you” on behalf of the school, for they will get my three computers…I will sleep better!!!

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Your support is excellent, by-the-way. It’s like always knowing there is a knowledgeable friend you can turn to. Thanks again,

Philip B.

[MacVCD] Just a quick note to acknowledge your wonderful VCD player. I spent the better part of the day downloading trial versions of various players from ZDnet in attempt to play a disk full of (apparently PC) VCD’s that I bought on eBay, and none would do the job until I found and tested yours; needless to say, I found myself pulling out the Visa card five minutes later. Always nice to find a program that actually does what it’s designed to do; looking forward to trying out some of your other …

Richard F.Toronto

Fantastic! Works great! Problem solved! I’ve never seen such great tech support. Thanks again.

gm

[Shredit] It works! I’m back in business. Great application, great support! Thanks!

js

Thanks so much- you guys are the best at support of any software maker I’ve ever dealt with!

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Hello! I have downloaded and am currently trying out the demo of iVCD. I’m delighted with how easy it is to use, yet how fully featured it is as well.

Jon M.

Mireth Technology is a Canadian company, located out in Richmond, BC. They have a long history of making excellent software for Macintosh, all the way back to Mac OS 7.

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The Windows Recycle Bin is not the end for your deleted files. In fact, deleted files linger even after you’ve emptied the Recycle Bin. That information could be recovered and read if your computer is stolen…. Fortunately, there are tools to help ensure that deleted files are truly gone. They’re commonly called shredders… A few that I’ve found are ShredIt ($20)…” Article: “Kim Komando’s Tip of the Day: How to delete files for good“

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No prizes for guessing this’s my favorite VCD player. While QuickTime player is free, it uses twice the RAM of MacVCD, opens sluggishly [sic] and doesn’t do half the VCD stuff MacVCD does. MacVCD is an elegant and mature product which will play MPEG-1 better than QuickTime Player…

Thanks for the super response back. It is truly great to have software developers take such a personal interest in their customers comments – wish there were more like your organization out there.

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hello…just bought iVCD and found it instantly excellent. I have been making animations in a somewhat peculiar format and was worried that delivering them in DVD form was going to be very complicated – but it couldn’t be easier.

Tim B.

[Shredit] It works! I’m back in business. Great application, great support! Thanks!

js

Fantastic! Works great! Problem solved! I’ve never seen such great tech support. Thanks again.

gm

MacVCD is outstanding. My VCDs have never looked better and, as promised, now play flawlessly in OS X. Thanks very much.

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Mireth Technology is a Canadian company, located out in Richmond, BC. They have a long history of making excellent software for Macintosh, all the way back to Mac OS 7.

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All About VCD on Mac and Windows

What is a VCD?

A Video CD (VCD) is a video format that uses ordinary recordable CD media to store movies instead of using a DVD or a VHS tape. VCDs use the MPEG-1 file format, so you get about 60 minutes of video on a CD, with about the same quality of playback as a VHS tape.

How to Play VCD on Mac

VCDs can be played in almost anything, including: both Windows and Macintosh computers, with VCD Player software VCD player hardware a DVD player many video game machines (consult your owner’s manual) VCDs are fairly platform-independent and easily played by most people with their existing hardware. When we first developed our player, MacVCD X, we were the only player that supported the VCD format on Mac. When looking for a player, find one that supports automatic file chaining. VCD content is frequently stored on a number of smaller files. If your player doesn’t automatically find, load and play them for you in sequence, you’ll have to find each file yourself and press play – very annoying, especially in the middle of an exciting action sequence.

How to Play a VCD using QuickTime Player (Mac)

QuickTime Player will play a Video CD (VCD), but doesn’t recognize the VCD format, so it will not find the video files on the disk and play them in order. You have to find each of the videos files for it and then open them. To play a VCD with QuickTime Player:

Launch QuickTime Player.

Insert the VCD in the CD Drive.

From the menu bar, open the MPEGAV folder on the VCD you want to play (File>Open File>”Video CD” Name>MPEGAV

Select the first file and click the “Open” button. On the Player window, click the play button (>).

Adjust the screen size. For full screen playback, upgrade to QuickTime Player Pro ($29.99).

When QTP has played the file, open the MPEGAV folder again, open the next file and click the play button. Repeat this step until you have played the entire movie.

How to Play a VCD using MacVCD Video Player (Mac)

MacVCD video Player will play Video CD (VCD), and it recognizes the VCD format, so it will find the video files on the disk, chain them together and play them. To play a VCD with MacVCD Video Player:

Adjust the screen size. When it’s finished, the VCD will automatically eject. Insert the next VCD.

How to Play a VCD using Windows Media Player (Windows)

A newer version of Windows Media Player recognizes the Video CD (VCD) format, finds the video files on the disk and plays them in order. With an older version of Windows Media Player, you have to find each of the videos files for it and then open them.

Launch Windows Media Player.

Insert the VCD in to the CD Drive.

From the menu bar, select the VCD you want to play.

If it doesn’t begin playing automatically, press the Play (>) button.

Adjust the screen size.

(Using an older version of Windows Media Player): When WMP has played the file, open the MPEGAV folder again, open the next file and click the play button. Repeat this step until you have played the entire movie.

Other Players

Play a VCD on a DVD Player
To Play a VCD, or an XVCD in a DVD player, treat it just like you would a DVD. Although most new DVD players support VCD, fewer support XVCD. You can check a player’s compatibility with these formats at VideoHelp.com – DVD Player Compatibility List

How to Convert video to VCD on Mac

To make a VCD, you need to

Convert the video files from their current format to VCD

Create the disk image

Burn the disc

When looking for software, make sure you get both converter software and burner software.